1. ON OCT. 27, EMBOFF PRESENTED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON TRADE CENTER
(REFTEL), WITH ATTACHED NOTE OF GUARANTEE SIGNED BY AMBASSADOR
TO SECRETARY RUBEM AMARAL OF FONMIN COMMERCIAL PROMOTION
DIVISION. AMARAL SAID THAT THE NOTE, WHICH IN HIS OPINION
SEEMED SATISFACTORY IN ALL RESPECTS, WOULD BE EXPEDITED TO THE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE, WHICH WOULD THEN ELABORATE THE DECLARATORY
ACT AUTHORIZING THE OPERATION OF THE TRADE CENTER.
2. AMARAL ADDED THAT HE WOULD CONTACT EMBASSY WHEN DRAFT
DECLARATORY ACT HAD BEEN COMPLETED, FOR JOINT REVIEW. HE
HESITATED TO GIVE ANY TIMING, BUT ESTIMATED THE ABOVE MIGHT
TAKE AT LEAST ONE MONTH.
CRIMMINS
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